Strike again!
Strike again!
Dakia, who came closer, reached out carefully and grabbed my wrist.
“Are you sure your hands are okay?”
It definitely hurts, but it was bearable enough. much more than before.
I smiled and answered Dakia.
“I’m fine. But I’ll do it once my hand heals before entering the ruins. It won’t take too long.”
Even at this moment as I speak, the rotten cross section is falling off and new flesh and bones are growing. Dacia was still holding onto my wrist even though I said I was fine. Her golden eyes were full of deep concern.
“It still looks so painful.”
‘killing!!!’
With a cry of “touching in moderation,” the mother’s hand protruded from her bosom. In an instant, the hand grew to its proper size and took on a human form.
Long hair down to the waist. Her hair was a beautiful mix of black and dark green. Tightly pursed lips and dense facial features that contain the essence of ideal beauty have already taken a step forward towards adulthood somewhere between a child and an adult.
The mother, who had entered a full adolescence, looked a little young because she was still an adult, but she had grown to the point where she couldn’t dare to call her a child.
As her closed eyes slowly opened, dark green eyes that seemed to capture the shimmering night sky came out and looked at Dakia.
At first glance, the impression seems terribly cold and intelligent. However, the atmosphere was broken within a second.
Pure emotions filled the face, which had been emotionless like a doll, and there was a sense of vitality. Frowning, my mother strode over and took Dakia’s hand off my arm. Then, he stretched out his white index finger and pointed at Dakia’s face.
‘you!!!’
you.
Mother vigorously shouted out her newly learned words, and soon after, she looked at me and jumped into my arms with a sly smile that didn’t go well with that intelligent face. I patted my mother’s back in my arms and said,
“You’ve grown so much.”
At my words, Dakia also blinked her eyes and put in a chuimsae.
“You’ve really grown so fast. Even now, you’re like a doll. Can I hug you just once?”
At Dakia’s question, the mother slowly turned her head to look at her and shook her head.
‘Kill and kill.’
“If you touch it, it wears out, so don’t touch it.”
“Really, how can I not?”
My mother, who patted me on the chin while holding me in my arms, soon smiled. very mature.
‘killing.’
It was said that it was impossible to wake up from death, but I did not dare to tell Dakia what my mother said.
“I don’t like it right now, so I’ll ask you again later when you feel better.”
Dacia drooped her shoulders.
“I can’t help it if you don’t like it…”
While we talked for a while, our hands grew back. Looking at my hands, I thought of one thing.
‘Sword of Corruption’. How can I use this new powerful authority?
Of course, it wasn’t that there was no way. It was clear that if I grabbed the Sword of Corruption while using the ‘Gate of Corruption’ as in ‘Pit of Corruption’, I would be able to designate the part that rots first.
However, the rate of decay is so fast that it can only be used in actual combat for a few seconds.
While I was lost in thought for a moment, Dakia approached me and tilted her head.
“What do you think?”
“That power you saw earlier. I was thinking about how to use it.”
“Hmm.”
Dacia was deep in thought with a rather serious expression on her face. Whether Dakia thought hard or not, her mother just buried her face in my arms and enjoyed the moment.
‘Kill… kill…’
While her mother was saying that it was perfect in a melting voice, Dakia, who had been thinking hard, clapped her palms.
“I just had a great idea!”
“What do you think?”
“It’s something I’ve been thinking about since the other day. The Mother of Corruption is more agile than it looks.”
Indeed, it was. Spinning in the air or quickly slashing the palms were impossible actions with tolerable reaction speed. Of course, the power was weak, so I couldn’t give a proper shock.
When I nodded, Dakia excitedly continued talking.
“So, if you let the Mother of Corruption take that sword, wouldn’t it be possible to do a great job? Since Priest Marnak is the owner of the powers used, his hands won’t rot.”
mother active? I’m honestly anxious. I was worried that the swords would get hurt by stepping forward.
Despite my concerns, Dakia’s proposal seemed to be quite attractive, so my mother, who was in my arms, looked up at me and pulled my collar.
‘killing…?’
The question is, can’t I just try it once? Seeing my mother’s sparkling eyes, I let out a deep sigh.
“I’m just testing to see if I can use it. Just a test. Do you understand?”
‘Kill and kill.’
The answer is that I know very well. I decided to trust my mother when she saw that she was definitely more mature than before.
When the authority was manifested along with a short prayer, the space in front of my eyes shook and a dark green sword with the divinity of terrifyingly thick corruption protruded.
‘killing!’
With a confident cry to keep an eye on her, the mother reached out and grabbed the handle of the sword of corruption.
‘Hat killed?!’
Dang-Geurang!
And as soon as I caught it, I lost it. The sword of corruption that bounced once on the floor instantly reconciled with divinity and scattered.
“Are you okay?!”
I quickly grabbed my mother’s hand and checked the condition of her palm. The mother’s palms, which held the sword of corruption, were burning bright red. My mother looked at me with a teary face.
‘Kill, kill…’
He whined that it was very stinging. The red-hot hand slowly returned to its original color.
‘Murder…’
However, the drooping mother’s shoulders seemed to have no intention of rising again. I patted my mother on the shoulder and said.
“I can do the fighting myself, so my mother doesn’t have to be too depressed. She gives me so much strength just by being there.”
‘killing…!’
overflowing excitement. My mother, unable to control her emotions, jumped up and came into my arms. Because of her size, she had to hold her with both hands unlike before.
Dacia still looked at the place where the sword of corruption had bounced on the floor with quite serious eyes.
Even if it touched for a very short time, a weak collapse was occurring at the place where the sword of corruption had touched. However, judging from the fact that it was noticeably slower than when my hand rotted away, it seemed that the Black of Corruption was more specialized in rotting living things than inorganic matter.
“But it’s strange.”
“What do you mean?”
Dacia’s eyes were fixed on her mother.
“To believe that a god is hurt by his power. No matter how much you think about it, isn’t it a story that makes no sense?”
Her question was very valid. I took out my guess.
“I wonder if it’s because I haven’t regained my full divinity yet. Mother, can you guess anything?”
The mother tapped her chin with her finger and thought for a long time before finally shaking her head.
‘killing.’
The answer is that I can’t guess at all. There was no way Dacia and I could find out if she didn’t know.
“wait a minute.”
Dacia stretched out her hand towards her mother. She looked at her mother with very serious eyes.
“Will you give me the hand that held the sword earlier?”
At the earnest request, the mother also held out her hand to Dakia with a very serious face. Dakia held her mother’s hand for a long time before slowly opening her mouth.
“As expected…”
‘Murder…?’
“As expected…?” the question. I also wondered what would come out of Dakia’s mouth. Dakia looked at me and her mother and nodded slowly.
“As expected, the palm is very soft. Just as I expected before touching it!”
“Yes? What do you mean by that?”
Dacia grinned.
“If I set the mood like this, I thought I would be able to touch it, so I tried it! As expected, you are still very naive!”
Her giggles made her mother’s face flush red, completely deceived. Anger flared up.
‘Kill!!!’
She managed to soothe her struggling mother by saying that she would never forgive her for daring to play with herself, and Dakia’s sincere apologies. The mother reached out to Dakia as she chewed on the snack.
‘killing!’
Dakia, who perfectly understood the meaning of the gesture, held out the water bottle, and the mother accepted the water bottle with a satisfied expression and gulped it down. I smiled at the sight of my mother who seemed to have changed but remained unchanged.
The happiness of a carefree everyday life.
It didn’t matter if this feeling I was feeling now was planted by my mother or mine from the beginning. Rather than being swayed by doubt, I will choose to live each day while being true to my current feelings.
After clearing my mind, I spoke to Dakia and my mother.
“We can’t stay here forever, so let’s enter the ruins soon.”
“yes!”
Dacia and me It was very dangerous to attack the ruins alone, but now that we can use the power to our heart’s content without paying attention, we had a strong shield.
“mother.”
‘killing!’
With the mother’s response, the space distorted and a huge giant popped out.
A full body armor that has been eaten by moths and rusted in places. The decaying giant, wearing corroded armor, let out a roar, revealing its trustworthy appearance.
– That ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!
“It’s been a while. How have you been?”
– That ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!
I didn’t know exactly what that roar meant, but I just took it to mean that I was doing well. I manifested another power.
The air parted and the ‘Sword of Corruption’ revealed itself once again. I spoke to the giant of corruption.
“Could you please take a look at this?”
The size of the sword was too small for a decaying giant to use, but once you tried it, there was nothing wrong with it.
– That ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!
The giant of corruption let out a mighty roar and grabbed the sword of corruption.
– That ah ah ah ah ah ah ah?!
And the giant was startled and let go of the sword. A part of the giant’s hand that held the sword of corruption rotted and fell to the floor with a thump.
The giant of corruption who had lost one of his hands suddenly glared at me. His eyes were full of deep resentment, asking why he made him touch something strange.
I smiled awkwardly and apologized with a lot of sorry.
“I’m sorry. I will never ask you to touch it next time.”
The decaying giant stared at me silently for a long time until his hand grew back. After confirming that the giant had finished regenerating, I cleared my throat and said.
“Hmmmm. Then, shall we go into the ruins of the real ancient empire?”
– That ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!
At my words, the Decaying Giant let out a wild roar and began thumping toward the temple in the distance. Of course, the entrance to the huge temple was a bit small for the giant of corruption to enter, and the giant of corruption rammed the entrance of the temple with his shoulder without hesitation.
Quaang!
Dacia asked me as she watched the giant break down the entrance and run into it.
“Uh, um. Is that okay?”
“The name is the ruins of an ancient empire, but I don’t think it will collapse just like that. And since neither I nor the princess have the skills to detect traps, I think it would be safer to destroy them all and then follow after them. ”
“I’m sure it is.”
“Let’s go after it quickly. If there’s a place that the giant of corruption can’t enter, we’ll have to go in there ourselves.”
Dacia smiled broadly and nodded.
“yes!”
I asked my mother to turn back into a hand, took her in my arms, and chased after the giant with Dakia.
Inside the ruins that followed the giant, the giant of corruption was already running amok.
– That ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!
A huge rusty cleaver that I don’t know when it was pulled out mercilessly slaughtered the tiny humanoid guardians of the ruins. While the broken and crushed remains of the Guardians were scattered, a heavy sound began to be heard over the huge corridor.
thud! thud! thud! thud!
A blue jewel embedded in the forehead of a white metal torso with no flesh. The huge metal giant I had seen before appeared.
Dacia quickly shouted.
“Shall I use magic?”
“That giant is immune to magic, so it won’t be useful. For now, let’s keep an eye on it.”
Noticing the appearance of the silver metal giant, the decaying giant roared wildly.
– That ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!
It seemed that the memory of being beaten one-sidedly by those three silver giants came to mind. The Decaying Giant grabbed the huge cleavers in both hands and started galloping towards the Metal Giant. As if responding to him, the silvery metal giant rushed down the hall without hesitation and charged towards the decaying giant.
Quaang!
The surroundings shook in the aftermath of the two giants clashing shoulders roughly.
Dacia looked at the scene and asked me.
“What shall we do?”
I smiled and said.
“Let’s take a look while eating the snacks we brought. I don’t think now is the time for us to go out.”
Quaang!
Along with the roar of the two giants colliding, the wild roar of the decaying giant echoed.
– That ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!
